Gardening Links
This list is just a beginning. Please let us know if you have suggestions!
Gardens, Events, Places of Interest
Finger Lakes Lavender Festival – Held annually in July. Lockwood Lavender Farm, 1682 West Lake Road, Skaneateles.
Gardens at Lorenzo – at the Lorenzo State Historic Site in Cazenovia
Hamilton College Arboretum – Events are free and open to the public.
Mills Rose Garden, Thornden Park, Syracuse – About 29 classes of roses from species to modern types comprise about 368 different varieties
Mountain Spring Herbals – information about all things herbal
Rogers Environmental Center – Nature Center in Sherburne
Sycamore Hill Gardens – 35-acre private garden in Marcellus open to the public several weekends a season
Plants
The Mum Farm – “Much More than Mums” in New Hartford
Olallie Daylily Gardens – 3rd generation family farm growing over 2,500 varieties of hardy daylilies.
Topiary Gardens in Marcellus – growing new and hard to find conifers, perennials, shrubs and trees, with a special interest in Japanese maples.
Carol Watson Greenhouse – four season retail greenhouse in LaFayette offering annuals and tropicals, alpines, perennials, shrubs, accent trees, and a selection of international and local artisan pottery and garden accent items, plus creative garden classes.
Garden Clubs
Cazenovia Garden Club – calendar of events is posted on their website. Spring Plant Sale at Lakeside Park, East Lake Rd., Cazenovia.
Home Garden Club of Syracuse – Annual Perennial Plant Sale in Beard Park, Fayetteville.
Seeds
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds – carries one 0f the largest selections of seeds from the 19th century
Fedco Seeds – vegetable, herb and flower seeds, organic gardening supplies, seed potatoes, seed garlic, fruit and nut trees, perennials, flower bulbs, organic gardening supplies, and more
Filaree Farm – organic seed garlic and seed potatoes
Seed Savers Exchange – non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
Useful information
A Way to Garden – nature horticultural how-to and woo-woo’ the source of organic gardening inspiration margaret roach, head gardener
Backyard Gardener – “The Most Comprehensive Gardening Information on the Web”
Dave’s Garden – informational website where a large, international community of gardeners can learn from each other and find resources offered by the gardening industry
Garden Guides – helpful info on lots of topics
